Detachable implement for spinning-frames.



W. J. WILLETT.

DETAUHABLE IMPLEMENT FOR SPINNING FRAMES.

APPLXCATION ruim Nov.4,19os.

91 6,940. Patented Mar. 30, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM .1. WILLlJlT, OF COOLEEMEE, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'lO FRANCIS .1. MURDOCII, OF SAIJSBURY, NOl'tlH CAROLINA.

DETACHABLE IMPLEMENT FOR SPINNING-FRAMES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 30, 1909.

To all wholiy it ymay concern:

Be it known that I, WiLLiAM J. Vvinm'r'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cooleemee, in the county of Davie and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable Implements for Spinnin -Frames and I do ereby declare the fo lowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates primarily to spinningframes, has especial reference to bunch builders and consists of an implement detachably applied to a spinning-frame for the purpose of manipulating or imparting to the ring-rail traverse motion, whereby the thread or yarn is laid upon the quills, as will be fully disclosed in the following speciiieation and claims.

In the accom anying drawings, which form part of thls specification-Figure 1 represents a vertical transverse section of the rails of a spinning-frame, showing the implement in side elevation. Fig. 2 a front elevation of part of a spinning-frame with my implement applied thereto, and Fig. 3 a pers ective of a modified form of the implement etached.

Reference bein had to the drawings and the designating c aracters thereon, the numeral 1 indicates the fixed bottom-rail, 2 the iixed middle-rail, 3 the vertically movable rin -rail, 4 the s indles, 5 the rings, 6 the qu' ls and 7 the unch on each quill all of which are of well known construction.

8 indicates the standard or body of my implement and consists of a square or rectangular rod or bar of metal provided at its upper end with a lateral arm 9 which extends across the top or upper side of the ring-rail 3. The standard 8 extends down below the bottom-rail 1 and is provided with two inwardly projecting members or pins 10, 11, fixed in the standard, which en age the bottom-rail alternately, the mem ers being separated a distance equal to the thickness of the bottom-rail plus the width of the bunch it is desired to make on the quills. One or both pins may be made adjustable by providing additional holes 11 so as to alow for building bunches of different Widths as needed for different numbers of yarns.

12 indicates a lever connected to the standard 'S by a pin L, and the inner end of the lever engages the bottom or underside of the middle-rail 2. 13, pivotally secured by a pin 14, and. engages a notch l5, in the upper edge of the lever 12, for permitting thc frame to put yarn on the middle of the bunch 7 on the quill G. y[he lever l2 may be pivoted in a slot 16, and the latch 13 may be pivoted in a slot 17, as shown in Fig. 3.

The ring-rail being of reater width than, and extending beyond tie middle and the bottom-rails, the standard S is provided with an offset 10 to accommodate the front projection of the ring-rail and allow the standard to approach the middle and the bottomrails.

The operation is as follows, when empty quills 6 are put on the spindles 4, thread or yarn is supplied to the uills in the usual manner, the means there or being omitted from the drawings for the reason that they are well known and form no part of my present invention. The spinning-frame is start-- ed, the operator with one hand depresses the ring-rail 8, and with the other hand puts the arm 9 over the top of the ring-rail, the short arm of the lever 12 under the middle-rail and the pins 10 and 11, one above and the other below the bottom-rail 1, and presses the standard 8 up to or against the rails 1, 2. He then removes his hand from the ring-rail On the standard 8 is a latch.

3, which will be raised by the weights (not shown) of the spinning-frame until the lower member or pin 11 comes against the lower side of the bottom-rail 1. The operator then, while holding the standard 8 of the implement with one hand moves the lever 12 down and u a number of times while the pins 10, 11 a ternately come in contact with opposite sides of the bottom-rail 1. This puts a bunch 7 on the quills, as wide as the vertical travel ol the implement. The ring-rail 3 is depressed by the implement, but when the arm 9 rises from the ring-rail 3, the weights on the spinning-frame carry the ring-rail up with the implement. Wrhen enough thread or yarn has been. put on the quills to form the base of the bunch, the lever 12 is stopped in the middle of the space the members 10, 11 allowed it to travel, and is locked or secured by the pivoted latch 13 engaging the notch 15 in the lever 12, which will prevent the lever moving upward while the wei lits on the spinning-frame carry the riiignailand the implement upward. While the implement is in this position, the frame is putting the thread or `varn ou the middle of the bunch on the quills. 'lhe hunches"` having been formed on the quills, the opera tor winds up the traverse motion olA the spinrung-frame, and then releases and removes the implement Vl'roin the frame, when it can be used suceessivelvv as citen as required to build bunehesF on the same or on opher frames.

The implement may be used on any part el' the ring-rail, on either side ol' the frame. lt is however most convenient to use it on the part nearest to where the traverse motion is Wound up.

It is obvious that the pins or members 10, 11, may be applied above and below the middle-rail 2, and the short end of the lever 12 may be placed under the bottoni-rail if desired.

The implement is inexpensive, as it may be made of Wrought metal or of malleable cast iron, is easily and readilT applied and removed from a spinning-frame, and can be manipulated by an attendant employed on the frame, and thus takes the place ol' expensive and complicated machinery new emloyed as permanent parts oi' spinning Frames for building bunches.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim isI 1. A separate implement for the purpose described, adapted to be applied to and supported upon a spinning-frame and provided with means for engaging the ring-rail, and means for imparting vertical motion thereto.

2. A separate implement for the purpose described, adapted to be applied to and sup ported upon a spinning-frame, having a member for engaging the ring-rail and capable of being reciproeated to impart vertical motion thereto.

3. A separate implement for the purpose described, adapted to be applied to and supported upon a spinning-frame, and provided with means for engaging the ring-rail, means for imparting vertical motion thereto, and

I means for positioning the ring-rail to appl l yarn to the middle of the bunches on the quilll 4. A separate implement for the purpose descrilwd, adapted to be applied to and supi ported upon. a spinning-frame, and provided l with. means 'for engaging the ring-rail, spacing members for engaging one of the iixed rails and a lever for imparting vertical motion to the ring-rail.

5. A separate implement for the purpose described, adapted to be applied to and 'supported upon a spinning-frame, comprising a standard provided with means for engagin the ring-rail, a lever for imparting vertice lever on the standard.

6. A separate implement for the purpose described, comprising a standard provided with an arm at its upper end adapted to cross and engage the ring rail of a s inningframe, means for engaging one of t le xe'd rails, a lever for enga ing one of the fixed rails to impart vertica motion to the ringrail, and means on the standard for locking the lever.

7. A separate implement for the purpose described, comprising a standard ada ted to engage the ring-rail, a lever pivotaly connected to the standard and ada ted to engage the middle rail, and a late pivotally secured to the standard and adapted te engage the lever.

8. A separate implement for the purpose described, adapted to be applied to and supl ported upon a Spinnin -frame, comprising a standard provided wit an arm at its upper end for enga ing the ring-rail, an offset adjacent to sai arm, members on the standard for engaging one of the fixed rails, a lever pivotally secured on the standard and adapted to engage one of the fixed rails, and a latch Cpivotalljr secured to the standard and adapte to engage the lever.

ln testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

VVILLAM J. WLLETT.

Witnesses SADIE TATUM, Q JAMES W. ZAGHARY.

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